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Plus a little light quantum computing discussions.<p>Would Reddit exist if Bill Gates never did? That's a question we might never answer—unless he himself invents some sort of device that helps us explore alternate realities. Instead of wrestling with that multi-dimensional headache, just read some of …

Toyota is investing $1bn in a research company it is setting up in Silicon Valley to develop artificial intelligence and robotics, underlining the Japanese automaker’s determination to lead in futuristic cars that drive themselves and apply the technology to other areas of daily life.<p>Life with …

But if you base all your knowledge about robots and AI on movies and books, you're bound to be either terrified or disappointed whenever a new robot comes out.<p>Tech Insider asked 19 AI researchers about the biggest myths in their field. Their answers (lightly edited) are below.

<b>(CNN)</b> -- At the 1964 New York World's Fair, people stood in line for hours to look at a strange sight.<p>If only the future looked like "Star Trek," with its nifty gadgets that seem to solve every problem.<p>They wanted to see the "Futurama," a miniaturized replica of a typical 21st century American city …

Self-driving capabilities -- previously limited to cars tested by technology titans such as Google -- hit the streets "overnight" with the latest Tesla Version 7.0 software.<p>"We're being especially cautious at this early stage so we are advising drivers to keep their hands on the wheel just in …

Robots to keep us company in old age, sharing our possessions with strangers and micro-chipped cows will all help us in the future<p>What will the world look like or 30 years? Or 40? Or 50?<p>If history has taught us anything, it’s that trying predictions often stand to be made to look foolish.<p>For the …

It's not uncommon to see recommendation lists celebrating the talents of young authors. Granta publishes a 'Best of Young British Novelists' list every ten years - the next one due in 2023 - and the New Yorker's '20 under 40' list is widely considered to be "big business" in the literary world. …

For years, Google’s unofficial motto – “Don’t be evil.” – has been picked at like a scab that will never heal. I don’t believe Google or the new expansive Alphabet umbrella company are places where ‘evil’ people gather, but even collections of relatively good people can end up producing very bad …

As regenerative medicine and stem cell technologies continue to progress, so the list of tissues and organs that can be grown from scratch – and potentially replaced – continues to grow. In the past few years, researchers have used stem cells to grow windpipes, bladders, urethras and vaginas in the …

IBM researchers build a chip that simulates a million neurons and more than 250 million synapses. Related: Origami Robot Folds and Crawls by Itself<p><b>A new brain-like microchip has 1 million</b> electronic neurons and more than 256 million artificial synapses connecting. IBM researchers and their …

Destroying Baghdad.<p>Recently, I’ve been buttonholing everybody I know and telling them about Hulagu. What happened was, a couple of years ago Osama bin Laden said (in one of his intermittent recorded messages to the world) that during the previous Gulf War Colin Powell and Dick Cheney had destroyed …

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters are occupying parts of central Bangkok, meeting no resistance from the authorities.<p>Police and soldiers maintained a low profile as the "shutdown Bangkok" drive got under way in Thailand's capital. The mood was festive, with many protesters singing and …

Based on consumer-generated data on the Internet (read: your banal Twitter posts), the fine folks at Viralheat have determined the big winners and losers for the 2013 gift-giving season.<p>And while Walmart and Target still held their own and experienced huge surges around Black Friday and Christmas …

E-commerce startup Beauty Army is moving beyond its subscription commerce offering and opening up a full-fledged store for health and beauty products. And it’s doing so in a big way, with more than 200 brands and 20,000 products available for sale through its online catalog.<p>Beauty Army launched two …

When the folk band Mumford & Sons recently announced it would go on indefinite hiatus, I couldn't help but think about the marketing buzzword I love to hate: authenticity.<p>Few bands see the kind of meteoric rise that Mumford & Sons saw in the early part of this decade. Formed in late 2007, the …